Case Study: Large Automotive Companies (Toyota, General Motors, Fiat Chrysler Automotive, Ford) achieve measurable, data-driven biodiversity monitoring for Project Wingspan with ERA Environmental Management Solutions

Biodiversity Cannot Succeed Without Data: Measure and Manage Your Sustainability Efforts

Large Automotive Company faced growing pressure to quantify and disclose biodiversity and pollinator‑protection efforts but lacked a standardized way to collect, manage, and report those data. ERA Environmental Management Solutions was engaged through Project Wingspan to provide the data collection, processing and reporting capabilities (via ERA’s Sustainability Management System) needed to measure impacts on monarch butterflies, Rusty Patched Bumble Bees, and native pollinator plants across automotive project sites.

ERA Environmental Management Solutions built a secure central database, deployed dynamic electronic forms for real‑time data capture, enabled photo uploads and geospatial mapping along the monarch migratory path, and generated KPIs and maps for stakeholder reporting. The ERA solution supported Project Wingspan’s work across an 8‑target region covering 10,000 acres, gave contributors clear, actionable insights, improved sustainability reporting for stakeholders and regulators, and made biodiversity impacts measurable and auditable.